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Genesis

Joseph Rises to Power

Genesis 41:41-57
41Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have given you over all the land of Egypt." 42Pharaoh removed his ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand; he clothed him with garments of linen and set a necklace of gold on his neck. 43He caused him to ride in the second chariot that belonged to him, and they called out before him, "Bow down," while giving him over all the land of Egypt. 44Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh; without you no man shall lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." 45Pharaoh called the name of Joseph Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife; then Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. 46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt; he went out from before Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt. 47During the seven years of abundance the land produced in abundance. 48He gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he put in each city the food from the fields around it. 49Joseph heaped up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he ceased to count, because there was no number. 50Two sons were born to Joseph before the year of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him. 51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, because God made him forget all his trouble and all his father's house. 52He called the name of the second Ephraim, because God made him fruitful in the land of his affliction. 53The seven years of abundance that were in the land of Egypt came to an end. 54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, and there was famine in all the lands, yet there was food in all the land of Egypt. 55And all the land of Egypt was hungry, and the people cried to Pharaoh for food, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do." 56The famine was upon all the face of the land, and Joseph opened all that was in them and sold grain to Egypt; the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt. 57All the land came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine had become severe throughout the land.
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